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A photo of the "mineral flower" alongside other diagenetic features on the surface of Mars captured by NASA's Curiosity rover on Feb. 25.
Curiosity rover snaps close-up of tiny 'mineral flower' on Mars

By Harry Baker Published

A new image taken by the Curiosity rover reveals a tiny, flower-like mineral deposit less than half an inch wide on the Martian surface.

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NASA's Curiosity rover captured these images of clouds in the sky of Mars, on Dec. 12, 2021.
NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars is watching the clouds drift by and they're beautiful

By Elizabeth Howell Published

The clouds were so faint that NASA employed special imaging techniques to spot them.

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The wheels on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have accumulated some damage during the robot's nine-plus years on the Red Planet, as this photo snapped by Curiosity's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on Jan. 27, 2022, shows.
Rugged Mars has taken big bites out of the Curiosity rover's wheels (photos)

By Mike Wall Published

NASA's Curiosity rover has left plenty of marks on Mars over the past nine-plus years, and the Red Planet is returning the favor.

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Gale Crater Panorama in Color
Weather On Mars Surprisingly Warm, Curiosity Rover Finds

By Space.com Staff last updated

Daytime temperatures have climbed above freezing during more than half of Curiosity's days on Mars.

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used two different cameras to create this selfie in front of a rock outcrop named Mont Mercou, which stands 20 feet (6 meters) tall.
Possible sign of Mars life? Curiosity rover finds 'tantalizing' Red Planet organics

By Mike Wall Published

NASA's Curiosity rover has found some interesting organic compounds that may be signs of ancient Mars life, but much more work is needed to vet that hypothesis.

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This panorama, made up of 81 individual images stitched together, was taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on Nov. 20, 2021, which was the 3,303rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission.
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover shares new panoramic view of Red Planet

By Samantha Mathewson Published

NASA's Curiosity rover snapped a stunning new selfie surrounded by expansive, rocky terrain on Mars.

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This view of Mars was captured by NASA's Curiosity rover using its navigation cameras. The cameras take black-and-white images so blue, orange and green color was added to the image.
NASA's Curiosity rover shares spectacular views of Mars

By Chelsea Gohd Published

New images snapped by NASA's Curiosity rover showcase the stunning, expansive landscape of Mars.

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These intriguingly layered rocks are a potential sampling target for NASA's Mars rover Perseverance, mission team members said via Twitter, where they posted this photo on Nov. 4, 2021.
New Perseverance rover photos from Mars show tantalizing layered rocks

By Elizabeth Howell Published

These strikingly layered Mars rocks may be the Perseverance rover's next sampling target.

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A selfie taken by NASA's Perseverance rover, which landed on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021.
You can help NASA train Mars rovers for the Red Planet

By Elizabeth Howell Published

You can help NASA make its Mars rovers even better explorers.

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A "selfie" of the Perseverance rover, which landed Feb. 18, 2021.
Hear sounds from Mars captured by NASA's Perseverance rover

By Elizabeth Howell Published

NASA's Perseverance rover has recorded up to five hours of sounds on the Mars, giving engineers a sense of how the Red Planet sounds different from Earth.

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